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I couldn't get in to post updates the past few days, but today is the LAST DAY anyway.

Study preterite, demonstrative adjectives, vocab, and all the other good stuff we have been reviewing all week. If you picked up extra study sheets, DO THEM!!

Come in on Monday for a study session; I will come up with white board activities based on the test covering all the topics you will need to know. I hope to see LOTS of you!!!!!!

!Buena suerte en el examen final!

11/5 - Final exam review

1. Turn in texts, get back Fairy Tales
2. Vocab review
3. Graphic organizer
4. Pass out "cheat sheet"

La tarea: study for final.

10/5 - Turn in fairy tales, final review

1. Turn in textbooks and fairy tales. Textbooks due tomorrow!!!
2. Final exam review - topics, vocab.
3. Preterite graphic organizer. We filled it out together today, will do the same organizer every day until the final, hopefully it will sink in.
4. 10 minutes for yearbook signing. I will say that you are my favorite student if you ask me to sign yours!

La tarea: Start studying with the vocab you missed today, and maybe start memorizing the graphic organizer.

5/6 - Sub day

Lo siento chicos, no estoy en la escuela hoy. Uds. tienen que trabajar en sus cuentos de hadas. Yo voy a estar en mi oficina y clase todo el día el lunes, entonces si tienes preguntas, ven a verme el lunes.

¡Hasta martes (o lunes)!

¡No olviden de traer sus libros de texto el lunes o el martes!

5/5 - Día de trabajo

Los estudiantes trabajaron en sus cuentos de hadas.

4/5 - Cuentos de Hadas

Los estudiantes trabajaron en sus Cuentos de Hadas. Es importante terminar con la primera parte manana porque Sra. Phipps no va estar en la escuela el viernes.

3/5 - Prueba de sorpresa (imperfecto), Cuentos de Hadas

1. Prueba de sorpresa.
2. Empezamos el proyecto con Cuentos de Hadas:

Español 2 – Proyecto de Cuentos de Hadas

Este proyecto tiene dos partes. En la primera parte (el martes y el miércoles), tú vas a leer el cuento. Tienes que hacer una lista de palabras nuevas en español y en inglés. También tienes que encontrar los verbos en el pretérito y el imperfecto. Haz un círculo alrededor de los verbos en el pretérito, y subraya los verbos en el imperfecto. Por fin, tienes que escribir la razón para cada verbo en ingles (ie – one time action, repeated action, description, etc). Muestra la primera part a la Sra. Phipps cuando terminas.
(15 puntos – Skills section of gradebook, 5 for the circles and underlines, 5 for reasons, 5 for vocab list)

En la segunda parte, tienes que hacer un libro de tu cuento. Tienes que escribir a mano y dibujar en el libro. Tu libro tiene que tener por lo menos 15 páginas. Si quieres trabajar en casa, está bien, pero tienes que trabajar en clase el jueves y el viernes. Incluye un diccionario al final de tu libro con todas las palabras nuevas de tu lista.
(25 puntos – Synthesis section of gradebook, 5 for completeness including a cover, 5 for neatness, 10 for correctly copying the text into your book including all accents and punctuation, 5 for accurate pictures that illustrate the words on each page and for a neat and orderly glossary)

Complete project is due on Tuesday, 10 May. YOU WILL LOSE ONE POINT FOR EACH DAY LATE, SO TURN IT IN ON TIME!!

29/4 - Imperfect vs. Preterite

1. Collected Extra credit
2. Check 3 imperfect worksheets.
3. Do translations on imperfect worksheets
4. Preview of Fairy Tales!!! Next week we will do two projects with Fairy Tales. First, I will give you each a script of a children's book and you will mark all the preterite and imperfect verbs in it, and give a reason why. You will also build a glossary for the book of all the words you needed to look up. The second part of the project will be to make it into a book! Yay!

La tarea - None!

28/4 - Imperfecto vs. Preterito

1. Finish worksheet from yesterday.
2. New worksheet - irregular imperfects. I will check the three sides of the worksheets tomorrow!!!
3. Preterite vs. Imperfect. We went over a simple explanation, like this one here (starts about halfway down the page).

Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. Use of the preterite tense implies that the past action had a definite beginning and definite end.

Juan habló de la una hasta las dos.
Juan spoke from one until two o'clock.
(clearly stated beginning and end)

Generally speaking, the imperfect is used for actions in the past that are not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect tense implies that the past action did not have a definite beginning or a definite end.

Las chicas hablaban en inglés.

The girls used to speak in English.
(no definite beginning or end)



3. WE did an activity telling the story of Superhombre to try to figure out preterite and imperfect. Students did very well.
4. See the extra credit offer for tonight in the right hand column.

La tarea: finish those worksheets.

27/4 - Imperfecto

1. Check/go over "cacahuate" sheet, present and preterite as well as imperfect columns.
2. Imperfect worksheet. Easy!

La tarea - none

26/4 - Imperfecto

1. Oral - Cuando yo era niño/a, yo quería ser _____. Ahora quiero ser _____.
2. Since almost everyone mispronounced the word "quería", I am offering a BONUS to readers of the blog. If you come up to me privately before class and say that word to me correctly, I'll give you candy (or gum, I have some Mexican gum).

3. Finish filling out the back side of the "cacahuate" worksheet (the one with the peanut).

La tarea - make sure that worksheet is done and correct!!

22/4 - imperfecto

1. check imperfect column on worksheet
2. review regular imperfect conjugation, learn the 3 irregular verbs - ser, ir, ver. See this page for those conjugations.
3. Activity from textbook to practice the irregular conjugations.
4. Holland pen pal letters/Eres tu Maria. Students with a Holland pen pal wrote their letters, students who do not have one translated the episode summary for episode 7.
5. Watch episodio 7.

21/4 - prueba, imperfecto

1. Punishment quiz for period 5. Period 7 took it for fun.
2. Introduce the imperfect tense. It is actually the most perfect tense because there are only 3 irregulars - ser, ir, ver. We did not discuss uses yet, we just did the regular conjugations. See this page for an explanation. Scroll about 2/3 of the way down to see the conjugations.
3. On the back side of the "peanut" worksheet, do the imperfect column, skipping the three irregulars.

La tarea: finish that column.

20/4 - Examen, repase del preterito

1. Examen
2. Worksheet reviewing irregular verbs in the preterite.

La tarea: Period 5 will have a preterite quiz tomorrow based on the worksheet we did today. Period 7 will not.

19/4 - repaso para el examen

1. Repaso de "DOP"s
2. Repaso de verbos como gustar
3. Repaso de vocabulario

La tarea: estudiar!!

Study help:
For an explanation of Direct Object Pronouns (Complementos Directos), go here.
Pretty easy DOP activity.
harder activity with some preterite (yay!)

Explanation of verbs like gustar is here.
Verbs like gustar self-checking activity. This uses some verbs we haven't studied, but you can still do the conjugations.
Another practice for verbs like gustar.

15/4 - Vocab, Eres tu Maria, dibujos

1. Turn in PenPal letters. If you didn't have it today, get it to me ASAP!!!!
2. Vocabulario - students had to write definitions of vocab words IN SPANISH. They had to do 2 verbs and 2 nouns, and then students shared their definitions and tried to guess which words they were. Students did GREAT at this!!
3. Eres tu Maria - we watched the two episodes that didn't work last week, episodio 5 y episodio 6. Click the links to watch the episodes on YouTube.
4. Work on drawings from yesterday, they are due on Tuesday!

TEST WEDS!!

14/4 - DOP, verbos como gustar, vocab

1. DOP practice activity on board.
2. back side of worksheet from yesterday, p163, to practice "gustar"-like verbs.
3. vocab list
4. Arte -
Haz un dibujo de una ciudad con edificios, cosas en los edificios, y personas. Escribe la palabra con el dibujo. Incluye por lo menos los siguientes edificios.
El correo
El consultorio
La tienda de equipo deportivo
La farmacia
La estación de servicio
El banco

También, dibuja por lo menos 15 cosas de tu lista de vocabulario, y 5 verbos de la lista. Trata de usar palabras nuevas para aprenderlas. Entrega tu dibujo el martes.


Tarea: Pen pal letter

13/4 - Verbos como gustar, vocabulario, pen pal letters

1. Check/go over front side of worksheet.
2. Practice reverse construction verbs by making sentences for each of them.
3. Oral - each student shares one of their sentences.
4. Vocab sheet - fill in the rest of the sheet
5. Pen pal letters.

La tarea: write your pen pal letter (due Friday).

4/12 - DOP review, verbs like "gustar"

1. Collect translations from students who were absent on Friday.
2. DOP activity on board.
3. Verbs like gustar explanation: See this page for an explanation of how "gustar" works. There are several other verbs that work the same way, they are sometimes called "reverse construction" verbs.
4. Fill in new vocab sheet - "gustar" section only.
5. More practice on board.

La tarea: Worksheet. per 5 - do first side only, per 7 - do both sides.

8/4 - Eres tu Maria, cancion

Due to the large number of students absent, today was a light day.

1. Translate summary for next 2 episodes of Eres Tu Maria.
2. Tried to watch episodes, but computer wouldn't read the DVD!
3. Short explanation of affirmative tu commands.
4. Students translate the lyrics of a Mneudo song, Dame un Beso (many commands in the song!)
5. Watch video.

7/4 - DOPs

1. Review in English of Direct Object Pronouns.
2. Do dry erase worksheets, including this one and this one.

La tarea: Students who will be absent tomorrow need to do the translation I gave them today, episodes 5 and 6 of "Eres tu Maria."

6/4 - Repaso del examen, DOP

1. Pass back and go over test from last week.
2. discussion of Final Exam - topics, format
3. DOP = Direct Object Pronouns, I passed out this sheet, then we went through this slide presentation working through all the activities included in it.

La tarea: Nada!!

5/4 - Cuentos de hadas

Fuimos a ver a los estudiantes de esp. 4 actuando sus "Cuentos de Hadas".

31/3 - Vocab practice, demonstrative adjectives

1. Check, go over crossword puzzle
2. Vocab practice game
3. Review all vocab with white boards.

La tarea: Study for test tomorrow. 11 opposites, 15 vocab, 5 demonstrative adjectives, 4 preterites. All multiple choice.

30/3 - Este/ese/aquel, vocabulario

1. Repaso de este/ese/aquel
2. Presentaciones orales: each student had to use demonstrative adjectives to identify 3 items in a picture. For example: Me gusta este coche, no me gusta ese coche, me encanta aquel coche.
3. Vocabulario - opuestos.
4. Crucigrama

La tarea - terminar el crucigrama.

29/3 - Q&A, adjectivos demonstrativos, vocabulario

1. Oral - ¿Cómo fue tu vacación? ¿Qué hiciste? ¿Adónde fuiste?
2. Vocab list for 2B - go over which sections will be on the test on Friday.
3. Demonstratives - review and exercises on projector.
4. Packet - last activity.

Tarea: Start studying vocab and demonstrative adjectives.

18/3 - Planes de vacaciones, "Harry Potter"

1. Hacer un "worksheet" que describe tus planes para las vacaciones de primavers.
2. Mirar "Harry Potter"

Durante mis vacaciones de primavera, yo...
... voy a ____________________________________________
...tengo que ________________________________________
...quiero ___________________________________________
...debo ____________________________________________
...espero (I hope/Iwait for) ____________________________
...no quiero ________________________________________
También, me gustaría ________________________________

Ahora, contesta por otras personas en la clase:
Durante sus vacasiones de primavera,
____________________va a ___________________________________________
____________________tiene que ______________________________________
____________________quiere _________________________________________
____________________debe __________________________________________
____________________espera _________________________________________
____________________no quiere ______________________________________
También, a ____________________ le gustaría ____________________________

17/3 - Pelicula "Harry Potter"

1. Pass back test re-take, review, discuss
2. "Harry Potter" Listen for familiar and new words.

La tarea: NONE

16/3 - Re-tomar el examen, Adjectivos demonstrativos

1. 2 minutos para preparar
2. Examan
3. Coleccionar los dibujos de "este/ese/aquel"
4. Trabajar en los paquetes

15/3 - repaso del preterito, nuevo topico - Demonstrative Adjectives, EXAMEN MANANA

1. go over worksheet from Friday, secon paragraph (posted below)
2. Super quick study sheet for preterite
3. New packet on Demonstrative Adjectives. These words demonstrate the closeness of the item they describe. In English, we use "this" and "these", "that" and "those", and "that one way over there" and "those ones way over there". In Spanish, each adjective has 4 forms:
This/these = este, esta, estos, estas
That/those = ese, esa, esos, esas
That one way over there/those ones way over there = aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas.

4. Work through explanation and practice exercises.
5. Pretend preterite quiz - activity on projector, correct together.

La tarea: Study for quiz. Also, make a picture of three similar items that we can describe as this, that, and that one way over there. For example, draw a house close to your for "this", a farther house for "that" and a way far off one for "that one way over there".

Preterite review sheet

Plesae skip the first paragraph; it is a little misleading because it uses some Object Pronouns (nos) that can make it hard to figure out the subject.

Second paragraph:

El año pasado unos amigos y yo ____1_________________ (ir) a Guatemala. Ahí nosotros _________2____________ (hacer) muchas cosas. Guatemala es una país muy bonito, y nosotros _____3________________ (poder) visitar lagos, ríos y montañas preciosas. ¡Yo _________4____________ (pescar) en un lago! Nosotros _________5____________ (quedarse) en un hotel en un pueblo muy pequeño, y nos _____6________________ (divertir) muchísimo, pero también _______7______________ (alcanzar) a hacer trabajos interesantes en el pueblo. Mi mejor amigo Jeremy _______8______________ (construir) un horno para una familia en el pueblo, y yo me _______9______________ (madrugar) todos los días para trabajar en los campos de café. Las últimas dos noches ______10_______________ (andar) a una pequeña cascada (waterfall) después de trabajo para descansar. El último día una amiga de nosotros nos _______11______________ (conducir) al aeropuerto y le ________12_____________ (decir) \"Adios\" a Guatemala.

1: fuimos
2: hicimos
3: pudimos
4: pesqué (-car verb)
5: nos quedamos
6: divertimos
7: alcancemos
8: construyó (i to y transformation)
9: madrugué (-gar verb)
10: anduve/anduvimos (the subject is not clear. Best to assume “yo” because the sentence before it was in the “yo” form, but since much of the paragraph was “nosotros” that is an ok assumption.
11. condujo (the “nos” is an object pronoun meaning us. The sentence means “A friend of ours drove us to the airport”.)
12. dijimos (assume nosotros because of the first part of the sentence)

10-11/3 - CSAP day

1. Pass back tests, make corrections for 10 minutes.
2. Retake next Wednesday, anyone who got a B or lower.
3. Item analysis to determine which areas are weak.
4. "Eres tu Maria" videomisterio - 2 episodios.

Worksheet to practice preterite.

Super Quick Preterite Review

Super Quick Preterite Review
WITH ACCENT MARKS
regular –ar endings:



regular –er/-ir endings:




-car/-gar/-zar – spelling change in “yo”
-qué/-gué/-cé

i-y transformation: verbs with a vowel right before –er or –ir ending, 3 vowels with an i in the middle, the i turns into a y. In 3rd person sing and plu only: caer = cayó, cayeron

-ir verbs with stem change in present (sandal verbs): will have stem change in pret e-i, or o-u only in 3rd person sing and plu. dormir = durmió, durmieron, BUT dormí . Oddball sandal (2 “i” in a row, drops one “i”) reir = reí, reiste, rió, reimos, reisteis, rieron

NO ACCENT MARKS
irregular stem verbs:
“u” group:

poder = pude
poner = puse
haber = hube
tener = tuve
estar = estuve
andar = anduve
saber = supe

“i” group:
hacer = hice (spell change hizo)
venir = vine
querer = quise
“j” group (3rd plu end= eron (no i)):
decir = dije (fits in “i” and “j” group)
traer = traje
conducir = conduje
traducir = traduje
Irreg endings:



oddball irregs:
ser = fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
ir = fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
ver = vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron
dar = di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron

3/3 - Test

1. A few minutes of review
2. Test
3. Pen pal letters

2/3 - Study for test

1. Go over last section on hard worksheet
2. Pen pal letters - be ready to write it tomorrow after the test.
3. Test review - 2 choices - worksheet, Jeopardy game linked in the post below this one.
Both were made using the test as a resource.

FOR MY STRESSED OUT STUDENTS
I know there are a lot of details involved in preterite, and the test is hard in that all the regular and irregular verbs are mixed up with no indication of which are which. If I were you, I would try to develop an "order of operation" to check verbs. Before starting the test, I would probably write the 3 sets of endings on the top of the test - regular -ar, regular -er/-ir, irregular stem endings. Then I would go through the whole test and look for -car, -gar, -zar verbs and do them (yo spelling change). Then I would look through the test for irregular stem verbs and do them using the endings above. Next, I would look at leftover -ir verbs and see if they could be stem-changing "sandal" verbs, and I would do all of those -ir verbs. Then I would check for ser/ir and dar/ver. Finally, I would work my way through the rest of the test, conjugating as regular verbs and looking at the spellings to see if there are any changes I need to make (i to y, the z in hizo). YOU CANNOT BRING IN A WRITTEN CHECKLIST, THIS MUST BE A MENTAL LIST.

Relax and breathe!!!

To review:
1. write endings on top of test
2. -car, -gar, -zar
3. irregular stems (pude, puse, tuve, estuve, supe, anduve, hube, hice, quise, vine, dije, traje, conduje, traduje) REMEMBER to drop the i in ieron with a "j" stem!
4. search -ir verbs, check for stem changers (e-i, o-u)
5. ser/ir, dar/ver
6. everything else, check for spelling changes (3 vowels, z in hizo, any -car, -gar, -zar you might have missed)

Jeopardy link

here it is

Test review

1. Collect Extra Credit
2. ALL MISSING WORK DUE TOMORROW, NO EXCEPTIONS!
3. Review for test:
This worksheet (bottom part only), then this one, and then the rest of the Hard worksheet. We will go over the last section of the hard worksheet tomorrow.
4. Pen pal letters handed out. We will write responses tomorrow.

La tarea: Study for the test.

Study links for preterite

Self-grading quiz on regular preterites. You can try section C, but don't worry about it if you don't do well, especially on the imperfect stuff.
This is a self grading quiz that tests some irregular preterites. The third section you don't have to worry about.
Stem changing -ir verbs
More good preterite stuff
This one has some of the irregular stems
More irregular stems

More preterite self tests just choose one and go!

and yet another site with self-correcting quizzes just scroll down to the preterite section.

Extra Credit Study Sheet

EXTRA CREDIT STUDY SHEET
This extra credit assignment will be worth 10 points that will be added into the Skills section of the gradebook. This has the potential to increase your grade by around 3% - 4%.

Make a study sheet for yourself covering all aspects of the preterite. You will cover all 10 topics listed below. You may change the order but all topics must be covered completely. For each topic, you must include an explanation of what it is and how it works, and you must have examples. For the different irregular stem topics ("u", "i", "j"), you must give ALL verbs for the topic. DUE ON TUESDAY 1 MARCH, NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED! Neat, complete, and correct! NO COPYING directly from another source, the sheet must be in your words. By hand is preferable.

Topics:
1. Regular -ar verbs in preterite
2. Regular -er and -ir verbs in preterite
3. Irregular stems - "u" category
4. Irregular stems - "i" group
5. Irregular stems - "j" group (change in 3rd pers. plural)
6. Irregular stem endings
7. Spelling changes - -car, -gar, -zar, hacer in 3rd pers. singular
8. Spelling changes - i to y transformation
9. -ir verbs that have stem change in present have stem change in preterite (sandal verbs)
10. Other irregulars - ser/ir, ver/dar, reir

* This MUST be complete to get the credit, you are not allowed to leave off some topics that you feel you already know.
* All topics must be explained as if to someone who has not studied it, and there must be correct examples for each topic.
* You can use your flashcards, websites (there are some good links on the blog), worksheets I have handed out to you, and your own knowledge to create the study sheet.

Links:
Regular -ar, -er, and -ir preterite tense
Irregular Preterite -car/-gar/-zar, ser/ir, dar/ver
-ir stem change in preterite
a different -ir verb with stem change explanation
Irregular stems and endings
Irregular stem verbs
Also, see blog entries on Feb 8 and 15 (in Spanish, the numbers for the dates are reverse, so those entries are labelled 8/2 and 15/2) for Irregular Stem lists and explanations.

25/2 - Credito Extra, dos verdades y una mentira, videomisterio

1. Check, go over tarea
2. Flashcard review - which ones you should have. Made 2 new ones: reir, caerse
3. Test on Thursday
4. Extra credit assignment explained. Details will be posted in a separate post after this.
5. Share "dos verdades y una mentira"
6. Videomisterio

La tarea: EC project, study for test

24/2 - preterito, tres cosas verdades y una mentira

1. Check, go over hard worksheet
2. -ir verbs with stem change, review and practice
3. Tres cosas verdades y una mentira: Escribe 3 frases en el preterito.

La tarea: Hard worksheet section B, #1-6

23/2 - Preterito

1. Check, go over packet p140-141 Act C and D
2. Last bit of preterite. -ir verbs that have a stem change in the present tense will have a stem change in the preterite. In the preterite, there are only 2 choices for stem changes: e-i and o-u. It should be self-evident which stem change a verb will take. Remember, the stem changing vowel is the vowel that comes right before the -ir verb ending. These stem changes ONLY TAKE PLACE IN THE THIRD PERSON FORMS, the bottom line in the conjugation grid. I call those verbs Sandal verbs (as opposed to boot verbs).

3. Make 2 new flashcards for your set, on e-i stem changer, and one o-u stem changer. Make sure to include the present as well as the preterite tenses.

4. Hard worksheet! From a Spanish 3 workbook!

La tarea: finish section A on hard worksheet.

22/2 - pret roundup, preparing for last set of irregulars!

1. Turn in vocab pics
2. Packet p 138-139, act A and B
3. pret stem reviews
4. Game to practice prets

La tarea: Packet p140-141 Act C & D

17/2 - Irregular stem verbs, new vocab

1. Preterite videos, see sidebar for links.
2. Packet p 138, act C and D.
3. New vocab - para dscribir cosas y ropa - translate.
4. Arte: illustrate each word using the word as the illustration. For example, for the word "lindo" (pretty), write the word in your prettiest writng. For "estrecho" (narrow), use tall and thin letters so the word looks narrow.

La tarea: finish vocab word pictures.

16/2 - Preterito

1. Check/go over homework.
2. Packet p 136-137
3. Review irregular stems
4. Song!!! Cancion!!
5. Entrevistas: using worksheet from yesterday, ask someone else 5 questions, then write sentences describing their answers. Period 5: assigned partner, per 7: ask 5 different people.

La tarea: None!

15/2 - Mas verbos irregulares

1. Preterite Q&A
2. Review irregular stem preterites "u" group.
3. New irregs: "i" group and "j" group. These groups use the same irregular stem endings as usual, with a couple of exceptions.

"i" group
QUERER (TO WANT) - QUIS
VENIR (TO COME) - VIN
HACER (TO DO/MAKE) - HIC (in the "el" form, in order to preseve the soft c sound, the "c" changes to a "z")

"j" group
CONDUCIR (TO DRIVE) - CONDUJ
TRADUCIR (TO TRANSLATE) - TRADUJ
TRAER (TO BRING) - TRAJ

This verb belongs to both "i" and "j" groups
DECIR (TO SAY) - DIJ

***FOR ALL "J" GROUP MEMBERS - THE 3rd PERSON PLURAL FORM (ELLOS) DROPS THE I. ex. trajeron, dijeron, tradujeron, condujeron

La tarea: Do personal question worksheet!

11/2 - Preterite "u" stems and irregular endings quiz, Valentine's Day

1. Quiz on regular and irregular verb endings in the preterite, and on the "u" stem group.

2. Make-up work time
2. Make Valentines for friends and family.

La tarea: none, but don't forget preterite. Bring flashcards on Tuesday!!!

10/2 - Preterite!

1. Go over workbook pages.
2. Specify - treat for tomorrow have to be individual servings, no utensils needed.
3. QUIZ TOMORROW: you will make 3 conj. grids - 1 with regular -ar preterite endings, 1 with regular -er/-ir preterite endings, and one with irregular stem endings. Then, you will have to know the 7 irregular stems.
4. per 5: text p142, act 19
5. Truco de Cartas!! I did Gramactiva videos

La tarea: Prep for quiz!!! Be ready for a perfect score!

9/2 - repaso del preterito

1. Review of all forms of preterite: regular -ar, -er, and -ir, spelling changers (-car/-gar, -zar), i to y transformations, ir and ser, and ver.
2. Review and MEMORIZE irregular stems and irregular stem endings!!!
3. Packet activities C, D, and E

La tarea: Packet activities C, D and E.

8/2 - Preterite review, new preterite irregulars!!!

1. Show flash cards
2. Quiz - students with flashcards could use them.
3. Explanation of irregular stem preterite verbs. We have done lots of preterite so far, all the regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs, ones with a spelling change (-car, -gar, -zar, i to y transformation) and we did ir and ser, which don't follow any rules and you just have to memorize them. Now we enter the wonderful world of irregular preterite stems. We will learn them in groups, and today we start with verbs with a "u" in the stem. Following are the 7 verbs we are working with now:
poner - pus
poder - pud
saber - sup
haber - hub
estar - estuv
andar - anduv
tener - tuv

All the irregular stem verbs take the same endings: -e, -iste, -o, -imos, - isteis, -ieron.

4. Pass out and go over packet.
5. Make new flash cards for 7 new verbs, do activities A and B.

Reminder for students

Next week is the 6th week of school, which means that 6 week grades will be turned in soon after. Your grade might not be all you hoped for right now. Don't mess up this week! Do your flashcards and other homework assigned during the week, and study your preterite. Come in on Monday if you need help with anything or to make up missing work. Almost any missing work can still be made up for partial credit, which is better than the 0 you have right now.

4/2 - Mini dialogs, pen pals, flash cards

1. per 5 only: GUILT for leaving early, this was disrespectful.
2. Mini dialogs. After each dialog, students picked a random question that all had to answer. Almost everyone who performed will get full credit as long as they studied their 3 sentences and knew their lines. Answers to questions will be graded for grammar/preterite/content.
3. Penpal letters for all students with Holland and Ohio pen pals. Please turn in both of your responses on Monday or Tuesday.
4. Flash cards: we will be making flash cards for regular and irregular verbs in the preterite tense. On the blank side, please write only the Spanish infinitive ("ser"). On the lined side, at the top left, put the English translation ("to be"). Then on the main part of the card, put 2 conjugation grids, one with the present tense, and the other with the preterite conjugation.

Do the following verbs for Tuesday:
ser
ir
ver
any regular -ar verb
any regular -er verb
any regular -ir verb
any -car verb
any -gar verb
any -zar verb
an i to y transformation verb (use leer, creer, or oir)

La tarea: Make flashcards, do pen pal letters.

3 Feb - Mad libs, conjugations, mini dialogs

1. Talk about snow days
2. Mad libs review
3. Conjugation sheet
4. Bring 30 flashcards for tomorrow BLANK
5. Mini dialogs - work on for tomorrow

Tarea: Bring in 30 blank flashcards, memorize your dialog.

28/1 - Another sub day

¡Hola estudiantes! Lo siento, pero mi hija todavía está enferma. Si no terminaste tu carta a tu pen-pal, por favor, termínala hoy. (Hi students! I’m sorry, but my daughter is still sick. If you didn’t finish your pen pal letter, please finish it today)

1. Primero, Uds. tienen que conjugar los verbos al otro lado de esta hoja de papel en el pretérito. Después, van a trabajar con un amigo a escribir un súper-mini-diálogo. Tienen que escribirlo y memorizarlo para lunes. El lunes, van a presentar los diálogos para la clase. (First, you-all have to conjugate the verbs on the other side of this page in the preterite tense. Then, you are going to work with a friend to write a super short dialog. You have to write it and memorize it for Monday.)

2. Uds. TIENEN QUE trabajar con la persona que digo aquí. Si dos personas están ausentes, sus “partners” pueden trabajar juntos. Si una persona está ausente, su “partner” puede trabajar con el “swing man.” ¡Yo sé quién está ausente! (You-all MUST work with the person I say here. If two people are absent, their partners can work together. If one person is absent, their partner can work with the “swing man.” I will know who is absent, so no messing with partners!)

27/1 - Sub day

Spanish 2 (per 5 and 7)
1. Ask for pen pal letters. If anyone has them, have them write a big number on the top for which class period they are in. Please keep each class separate.
2. Finish Mad Libs from yesterday, the first one is for the crazy words, the second one needs to be filled out with vocab from our current list (stores, verbs for shopping, payment options) so that it makes sense.
3. In Spanish 2 textbook, read and translate pp 118-119. May work with partners, but each person needs their own paper. Then, answer questions from “Y tú, ¿qué dices” in complete sentences.
Tell them I will check all these items tomorrow.

26/1 - pen pal letters, practice peyment terms, textbook, Mad Libs

1. Turn in pen pal letters
2. Check/practice with payment terms. Bring items to class again tomorrow.
3. Textbook: p110 Act 13, per 5-p111 Act 14, per7-p112 Act 16
4. Mad Libs - fill out word sheet, get sheet with paragraphs. The paragraph is on the sheet twice; the first one should be filled out with your random word sheet and you should laugh as you read it. The second paragraph should be filled out using your vocab for chapter 2B (stores, payment options, verbs for shopping) in such a way that it makes sense.

La tarea: Finish Mad Libs sheet.

25/1 - test, pen pal, payments

1. Review test - students had 10 minutes to try to correct their tests, then we went over them all together.
2. Pen Pal letters - students shared some of the preterite sentences and questions they were including in their letters. Letters are DUE TOMORROW!
3. Vocabulario - I introduced a new section of the vocabulary list, the "pagar por tus cosas" section. Students had to make 6 payment options: tarjeta de credito (credit card), tarjeta de regalo (gift card), cheque personal (personal check), cheque de viajero (travelers check), un billete (a bill, like a dollar bill), una moneda (a coin). Bring your 6 items to class tomorrow; it counts as homework.



To see a Travelers Check, try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler%27s_cheque

21/1 - TEST, pen pal letters. GRADES ARE POSTED

1. Test
2. Pen pal letters - if you have a pen pal in Wisconsin, you got a letter today. Even if you didn't EVERYONE must write a pen pal letter today. You MUST use 5 sentences in the preterite (you can say what you did for winter break, last weekend, etc.) and you MUST ask 2 questions in the preterite. We will go over these on Tuesday.

TEST RETAKE ON MONDAY! If you were absent or don't like the grade you got, come in at the start of the hour on Monday. I will let you look at your test for a couuple of minutes, then you can retake it.

Period 7 AP hopefuls: We will meet on Monday.

20/1 - Repaso para el examen

1. Check/go over packet pages 143 and 255
2. Pass out review packet with information on conjugation in the preterite tense.
3. White board review
4. time to study vocab.

On the test:
Vocab - shopping verbs!!!
Regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the preterite
i-y transformations (three in a row=too many vowels, the i in the middle changes to a y)
"IR"
-car/-gar/-zar verbs with spelling change in the yo form

19/1 - Direct Object pronouns, preterite, TEST FRIDAY

1. Check/go over packet p136 of Direct Object Pronouns (assigned on Friday)
2. Text - -er and -ir verbs in preterite, p383 Activity 13
3. Text p 385 preterite of "IR" (which happens to be the same as "SER")
4. Vocab list - we added teh translations of the section of "verbos para ir de compras". These verbs WILL be on the test on Friday.

La tarea: period 5 - packet p. 143. period 7 - packet pages 143 and 255.

18/1 - Sub day

Lo siento chicos, mi hija esta enferma hoy y yo tengo que estar con ella.

Here is the plan:
Spanish 2 (per 5 and 7), please tell them to work in their packets. They need to do pages 133, 143, 237-238, 239, 240, 253-254, 255. They should go quickly and be able to finish by the end of the hour. Tell them it is homework if they don’t finish. I will check it tomorrow!! Tell them to check the blog (www.senoraphipps2.blogspot.com) for info about a test later this week.

TEST will cover all regular preterite conjugations of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, also -car/-gar/-zar, "too many vowels" i to y tranformation, and "ir" and "ser" (which are both the same). I will use verbs you should know, as well as verbs from the new vocab list for chapter 2B (we will go over these tomorrow). The test will be on Friday.

1/14 - (Sorry this is posted so late) Preterite review, Direct Object Pronouns

1. Retake of pop quiz
2. DOP - Textbook p360
3. WB p. 136? (the page working with Direct Object Pronouns)

La tarea: finish WB page
TEST ON PRETERITE THURSDAY!!

13/1 - Pretérito, prueba de sorpresa

Escribimos unas frases contestando la pregunta, “Qué ocurrió en la clase de español ayer?”
2. Repasamos p. 134 en el paquete.
3. ¡¡Prueba de sorpresa!! Forma de “YO” de muchos verbos
4. Corregimos la prueba. Si recibiste 14 o mejor, no tienes que re-hacer la prueba. Si recibiste 13 o menos, vas a re-hacer la prueba mañana.
5. Hicimos y repasamos la página 135 en el paquete.
6. Por fin (finally), con un amigo, leimos los mini-diálogos en p.132, y empezamos a contestar las preguntas.

La tarea: Prepararse para la prueba mañana.

10/1 -11/1 - Preterito

Martes:
1. Preguntas y respuestas usando el preterito.
2. En el libro de espanol 1, hicimos algunas actividades pp346-351

La tarea: primera pagina del paquete


Miercoles:
1. Repasamos la primera página del paquete.
2. Sra. Phipps habló de cuando vivía en México
3. ¡Comimos galletas!
4. Escribimos frases sobre el viaje de la Sra. Phipps en México.
5. Hicimos paquete p.134

7/1 - Preterito

1. Repaso de las cartas a los Tres Reyes
2. Explicacion de mi error de ayer.
3. Prueba de preterito
4. Texto de espanol 1: p. 354-356, go over preterite explanation, do activities, explain spelling change for -car and -gar verbs in the preterite. Please see the first section of this page for an explanation.
5. Vocab to learn for Tuesday:
anoche, ayer, anteayer, la semana pasada, el ano pasado, el/la _____ pasado/a, ahora, ahora mismo, ahorita.

La tarea: Learn those times in step 5 above.

6/1 - Oops, I was wrong. Also, quiz tomorrow

First of all, I was looking for a study sheet to post here to explain the preterite verb endings. When I found one, I realized that I had taught the vosotros form of -er and -ir verbs incorrectly. As my students know, vosotros is only used in Spain, and is often not taught (as was the case when I was in school). I had to look up the form, and I wrote it down wrong. I apologize and I will explain this in class tomorrow.

The -er/-ir vosotros verb ending in the preterite tense is -isteis.

Back to today,
1. Go over verb conjugations
2. -ar preterite practice
3. Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos (text p228), we read and understood, then students had to translate one of the two children's letters from the book.

La tarea: Study for quiz tomorrow on preterite verb endings. You can find the endings here

5/1 - Repaso, el preterito

Bienvenidos otra vez estudiantes!

Esta semana, estamos hablando más en español. Yo expliqué "el pretérito" a los estudiantes, y ellos aprendieron un poco la conjugación. El martes y el miércoles, también praticamos los números grandes.

El viernes, vamos a tener una prueba sobre el pretérito. Voy a explicar más en clase el jueves.